Horseshoe.



PATEN-TED MAR. 21, 1905.

J. W. FISHER.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. 1904.

NTTED STATES Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE..

JOHN 1V. FISHER, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK REIFSNIDER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

HORSESHOE.

S3EECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,414, dated March 21, 1905.

' Applicatipn filed August 18, 1904. Serial No. 221,262.

Be it known that l, JOHN WV. FISHER, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have 5 invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a complete specification. i

My invention has. relation to liorseshoes wherein a resilient material is employed to IO cushion it.

rl`he objects of my invention are to provide a skeleton or channeled shoe in which is firmly seated a body of resilient material sufiicient to insure a cushion effect thereto, and,

I5 further, to use in connection therewith means for anchoring the resilient material in position that will subserve the twofold purpose of efl'ectually holding the cushioning substance in place and increase its resiliency and 2O durability.

To the accomplishment of the aforesaid objects, my invention consists in the new and peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different iigures.

Figure l is a plan view of the bottom of my improved horseshoe which shows a part of the resilient material broken away to better illustrate the construction of the shoe; Fig. 21,

a .section of Fig. 1 at the line X, and Fig. 3

a section of Fig. 1 at the line Y.

.ln the drawings, 1 is a metallic horseshoe commonly Jnade byY drop-forging; but the material and mode of manufacture thereof is not essential to the understanding of my invention and may be changed or altered at will, as the requirements of the trade may demand. rl`he main portion of the shoe 1 is provided with a relatively iat interior surrounded with an outer ridge Q, causing the shoe to have a channeled effect for the recep- I tion of the resilient material. Along each outer edge of the shoe is a channel 3, separated froin the balance thereof by a ridge 4, in -which are nail-holes 5 for the purpose of attaching` it to the hoof of the horse. On the front of the shoe is an ordinary calk 6, made integral with the balance of the shoe or not, as preferred, and corresponding in shape to the front of the shoe and situated between the ridges 2 and 4 and uniting with them both. Extending around in the channel formed between the ridges 2 and 4 is a rod or spring 55 wire 7, supported in and held by bifurcated lugs 8 in the bottom of the channel of the shoe and in which said wires rest and seat. rlhe upper ends of these bifurcated lugs 8 project above the rod or wire 7 sufciently to 60 permit them to be bent by the blows of a hammer inward and over the top of the wire 7, thereby retaining it in position firmly and accurately. The ends of the wire 7 terminate in conically-shaped spring-coils 9, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) which project upward nearly as high as it is desired to have the resilient material extend. The channel in the skeleton frame of the shoe thus formed is filled with a resilient material 10, preferably rubber capable of 7o being cured or vulcanized, and this rubber is thickened around the coils 9 and so disposed as to pass thereunder and completely envelop them. The shoe is then placed in a mold adapted to the shape of the shoe to be vulcanized and the resilient material cured, which causesf it to adhereto the shoe 1 and the wire 7 and coils 9.

In order to assist the grip or retaining of the resilient material in the channel of the 80 shoe, there are formed in the bottom of the channel aseries of openings 11, through which the rubber passes and clenches itself during the process of vulcanizing.

It will be obvious that the retaining of the resilient material is largely secured by the wire 7, extending around in the channel of the shoe slightly separated from the floor thereof, and the natural cushioning qualities of the rubber are increased by the spring-coils 9. These coils 9 serve to increase the efficiency of the rubber, and as they yield at each pressure of the hoof thereon the rubber will be worn to a much less extent than were they absolutely rigid.

The unintentional tearing away of therubber from the coils is rendered almost impossible by their peeuliar construction, and if after extended use the rubber is worn Jfrom their upper surfaces the coils will still act as auxiliary cushions.

I claiml. A horseshoe provided with a channeled under surface, a rod or wire in said channel terminating in a coiled spring end, and a body of resilient material seated in said channel inclosing said wire and coil, said coiled termination of said wire being compressible in unison with said resilient material.

2. A horseshoe provided with a channeled under surface, a rod or Wire in said channel terminating in a tapering coiled-spring end, and a body of resilient material seated in said channel inclosing said wire and coil, said coiled termination of said wire being compressible in unison with said resilient material.

3. The combination in a metallic channeled horseshoe, of a body of resilient material vulcanized in said channel, a rod or wire Vulcanized in said body of resilient material having a spring-coiled termination compressible with said resilient material and means for attaching` said rodl or wire to said metallic portion.

4. The combination in a channeled metallic l horseshoe, of a body of resilient material vulcanized in said channel, a rod or wire vulcanized in said body of resilient material having a spring-coiled termination formed with its axis, transverse to the main longitudinal line of the shoe and compressible with said resilient material and capable of being attached to said metallic portion.

5. The combination With a channeled metallic horseshoe and a body of resilient material cooperating therewith, of a rod or wire vulcanized in said resilient material provided with a spring-coiled termination compressible in unison with said resilient material and means to attach said rod or wire to said metallic portion so as to inclose a portion of said resilient material between said rod or wire and said metallic portion.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN W. FISHER.

Witnesses:

C. E. HUMPHREY, KATE SCHUMACHER. 

